- obsolete⇄adj. 1. no longer in use.
Ex. obsolete methods. Bowing to greet a lady is now an obsolete custom. Wooden warships are obsolete.
(Abbr:) obs.
(SYN) disused.
2. out-of-date.
Ex. We still use this machine though it is obsole - obsolete⇄adv. obsoletely.
- obsolete⇄noun obsoleteness.
- obsolete⇄obsolete, adjective, verb, -leted,-leting.
- obsolete⇄v.t. to make obsolete; discard or disuse as being out of date.
Ex. We are about to obsolete the wheel, just as the wheel and axle invention obsoleted the skid, some ten thousand years ago (Atlantic).